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Animate CC

Oct182017

Layer depth and camera enhancements

Create the illusion of depth in your animations by placing assets in different planes. Modify layer depth and tween it and zoom into content on specific planes. Plus, you can lock objects to the camera and make camera movements and layer depth interactive at runtime.

Actions code wizard

Use a new wizard to add actions to events for HTML5 Canvas — no coding necessary.

More powerful Timeline

The Animation Timeline has several new enhancements that make it easier to use: Display time along the frame numbers and extend or reduce time for a selected frame spun. You can also scale frame spans using Frames Per Second (FPS), pan through an animation on stage and convert blank spans to 1s, 2s and 3s.

Enhanced ease presets

Manage the speed of your animations without all the manual work by creating enhanced ease presets at the property level for all tweens.

And so much more

Animate CC (2017.1)

Better viewing with HiDPI support

See icons and text in ultra-sharp detail with more pixels displayed on your screen. Animate CC automatically optimises your settings for HiDPI monitors.

Frame picker enhancements

Now it’s easier to re-use art assets multiple times to adjust fine movements, like mouth and hand poses. Automatically filter frames based on criteria such as keyframe, all frames and more.

Support for Global JavaScript and third-party JavaScript libraries

Get the flexibility you need to use JavaScript code that applies to all frames in an animation. Also, now you can use the latest JavaScript libraries for animation from within the Animate UI.

Animate CC (2017)

Nov022016

Integrated virtual camera

Use the built-in V-cam to pan and zoom in and out on your animations just like you would with a video camera. The V-cam also lets you add tints and filters.See how it works ›

Reusable components

Now it’s quick and easy to add and re-use common components such as video players, buttons and carousels to your HTML5 Canvas documents.

Vector brush improvements

Create and share customised brushes, convert pattern brushes to standard art brushes and get more expressive with better pressure and tilt sensitivity.

Collaboration with CC Libraries

Collaborate simultaneously on animations with multiple team members. Share, modify and re-use entire animations, clips or symbols via CC Libraries and place animations directly into InDesign and Adobe Muse.See how it works ›

Easier export

Now it’s simple to share quick prototypes by exporting clips or excerpts as GIFs, JPEGs or PNGs and sharing them on social media or in instant messages, emails, and texts.

Creative Cloud Assets improvements

Archive and restore all your assets stored in Creative Cloud, including the ones in your Creative Cloud Libraries, assets created with your desktop products and mobile projects.

Introducing Typekit Marketplace

Buy fonts from some of the industry’s biggest names and use them in your Animate projects. Adobe Typekit uses its font sync and web technologies to deliver your Marketplace fonts anywhere you need them.

And so much more

Also includes: the ability to stage enhancements, layers that can be published as independent SWFs and more.See full release notes ›

Animate CC (2015.2)

Aug152016

Google fonts

Get consistent, great-looking typography across browsers and devices by using Google fonts in your HTML5 Canvas documents.

New brush sizes

Draw with more precise control using brush sizes in the range of 1 to 200 pixels.Learn more ›

Animate CC (2015.2)

Jun212016

Better collaboration with libraries

Control assets in read-only Creative Cloud Libraries so they can be used by team members, but not changed or deleted.

Updated Libraries panel

Find the assets you need faster with new filtered search of Adobe Stock and icons that make it easy to identify licensed Adobe Stock assets.

Enhanced brushes

New pattern brushes, vector brush smoothing and tiling give you more expressive ways to draw right inside Animate.See how it works ›

Graphic symbol thumbnails

Animate character details such as mouth and hands faster with thumbnail previews, which can be added directly to the Timeline.

Improved web publishing options

Projects published in HTML5 Canvas now support HiDPI and Retina displays. Advertisers can also create and publish HTML5 banner ads that expand when you click or hover over them.

Transparent layers

Skip manual workarounds and sketch on top of other layers right inside Animate.

Adobe Portfolio to showcase your work

Now when you use Portfolio to show off your animations, you can create customised landing and contact pages to better connect with viewers.See how it works ›

And so much more

Animate CC (formerly Flash Professional)

Feb082016

Assets at your fingertips with Creative Cloud Libraries

Browse and access brushes, colours, graphics and other creative assets in libraries that are available in Animate and other Creative Cloud apps. Libraries sync to Creative Cloud and assets can be linked so that when one is changed, you and your team can choose to update it across any projects.See how it works ›

Adobe Stock images and graphics

The new Adobe Stock marketplace lets you find, licence and manage royalty-free images and vector graphics from directly within Animate. Choose from 45 million assets, save your selection to your Creative Cloud Libraries and then drag it into your project to use. You can also licence video assets directly from the Adobe Stock marketplace.See how it works ›

Adobe Typekit integration

Access thousands of Typekit fonts from right within your font menu and apply them to your Animate web projects. Fonts from top-tier foundries are all part of your Creative Cloud membership.

Greater flexibility with vector art brushes

New vector art brushes let you modify the path of a stroke after it’s been drawn and scale to any resolution without loss of quality. You can also make customised brushes and import brushes created with Adobe Capture CC.See how it works ›

4K+ video export

Use customised resolution export to ensure that your videos will look great on the latest Ultra HD televisions and monitors.See how it works ›

Improved brushes and pencils

Easily draw smooth, precise vector outlines along a curve and get faster live previews.

Customised resolution

Give new life to older projects by resizing and optimising them for any resolution, such as HiDPI, Retina and 4K displays.

Easy audio syncing

Attach and control audio looping directly on the Timeline of your animations for perfect synchronisation without having to code.

360° rotatable canvas

Rotate the canvas on any pivot point while you draw, just as you would with paper and pencil, to get perfect angles and strokes.

Colour changes made easy

Name tagged colours so you can change one and have it automatically update across your entire composition.

HTML5 Canvas templates

Easily produce rich interactive ads and other content by creating reusable HTML5 Canvas wrapper templates within Animate that can be modified with any code editor.

Coloured onion skinning

Easily orchestrate complex animations now that you can see multiple adjacent frames with different colour and alpha values on the stage.

And so much more

Also includes: Packaging of animations as OAM files, the ability to import SVG files directly onto the stage using Creative Cloud Libraries or the File Import command and more.See full release notes ›

Flash Professional CC (2015)

Jun152015

Life-like animation with the Bone tool

Bring your characters to life with advanced kinematics. Link objects together and manipulate them in real time to create natural, dynamic movement. The Bone tool — back by popular demand.

Sprite sheet export

Minimise the number of files in your projects. Export the bitmaps in your HTML5 Canvas documents as a single sprite sheet. Make the most of your animations in online ads and meet Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) guidelines.

Video import on the Timeline

Import H.264 videos directly onto the Timeline to use as a guide layer.

Audio splitting

Split audio files directly on the Timeline to co-ordinate blank frames as you animate.

Scaling of brushes

Zoom in or out. Your brush can now scale to match the stage size. No overgrown or microscopic brushes.

Quick file saving

Saving large files is faster than ever — no more waiting. Save your file and get right back to it.

And so much more

Flash Professional CC (13.1)

Dec032013

HTML5 Canvas support

Build interactive content in a familiar authoring environment that is now customised for the HTML5 Canvas platform. Add frame scripts using native support for JavaScript, including code hinting, code colouring and more.See it in action ›

And so much more

Also includes: Usability enhancements to the Swatches panel; auto-formatting of code within the Actions panel; code hinting for JavaScript snippets and JS APIs; code snippets panel; and more.See full release notes ›

Flash Professional CC (13)

Jun172013

Improved HTML publishing

Reach virtually any screen with enhanced HTML5 support using the updated Toolkit for CreateJS, which includes new functionality for buttons, hit areas and motion curves.

64-bit architecture

Reengineered from the ground up, 64-bit Flash Professional CC is more modular and delivers unprecedented speed and stability. Easily manage multiple large files, publish more quickly and experience a more responsive Timeline.

Real-time drawing

See full previews instantly — with fill and stroke colour — as you draw, using any of the shape tools in Flash Professional. Your designs will take shape faster than ever before.

Sync Settings

Work the way you like on any of your computers — Mac or PC. Synchronise your workspace settings to Creative Cloud — including preferences and presets — so they go where you go.See it in action ›

Simplified user interface

Focus clearly on your content with a streamlined user interface. Dialogue boxes and panels are more intuitive and easier to navigate. Choose between a light or dark user interface.See it in action ›

Timeline time-savers

Manage properties across multiple selected layers in the Timeline panel. Easily swap symbols or bitmap images on the stage. Select multiple objects on a layer and distribute them to keyframes with a single click.See it in action ›